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The Longest Miles
November 28, 2017
I convinced myself of an extreme position, that the miles racket could be manipulated to turn the tables on the free market.
Pets or Livestock?
Anthony Levandowski's AI church, the Way of the Future, reminds us that the Silicon Valley power elite is utterly beguiled with gnosticism.
Who’s Afraid of the DNC?
November 27, 2017
It took all of five minutes for Tom Perez to quote Hamilton.
Pulling Left
Sarah Jaffe with Joe Dinkin of the Working Families Party.
Panic in Textopolis
November 22, 2017
Roundly criticized, yet supposedly anodyne, "The Emoji Movie" is a capitalist trojan horse for the grade school set.
American Pimps
November 22, 2017
As Iceberg Slim might put it, the players and public alike have been sold a series of air castles.
Revolutionary Redux
November 22, 2017
The following letters are a response to Emmett Rensin’s Issue 36 essay,“Total Quality Revolution.”
Reinventing Activism
Micah White
I have been an activist my entire life—but I have never felt accepted by the activist scene. I organized my first protest at the age of ...
The Professional Friends of YouTube
November 21, 2017
The new generation of YouTube stars has unwittingly created a solipsistic bubble of political weirdness.
Phony War, Phony Peace
November 21, 2017
Julien Gracq's "Balcony in the Forest" (1958) wonders whether we see too many futures at once.
The Trash of the System
November 20, 2017
Is the art world total bullshit? Two new films offer an enthusiastic, "Yes!"
Fresh Hell
November 17, 2017
BAN PRISONS.
This entire “Ban Week” series over at Splinter is worth your time, but this installment on prison abolition, and what it means to reimagine the justice system, is excellent.
Vanity Fair seems fun.
The magazine just appointed a new editor—the incredibly ...